George Squillacote v. United States

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This class action lawsuit is another in the series of cases challenging Congressional efforts in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s to brake the inflationary economy by means of' limitations on salary increases authorized for federal employees. See, e.g., United States v. Will, 449 U.S. 200, 222, 101 S.Ct. 471, 484, 66 L.Ed.2d 392; Foley v. Carter, 526 F.Supp. 977, 980 (D.D. C.1981). The plaintiff class is composed of 5,000-6,000 executive level federal employees who are members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) established in 5 U.S.C. §§ 3131-3136 (1982). 1 The '…